Both sides were involved in Copa del Rey action in the mid-week, with the hosts defeating Atletico Madrid 3-1 to enter the quarter-finals, while Real Sociedad suffered a narrow 1-0 defeat to Barcelona in their round of 16 fixture.
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Real Madrid will host Real Sociedad in a La Liga fixture at Santiago Bernabeu on Sunday night. Both sides were involved in Copa del Rey action in the mid-week, with the hosts defeating Atletico Madrid 3-1 to enter the quarter-finals, while Real Sociedad suffered a narrow 1-0 defeat to Barcelona in their round of 16 fixture. When it comes to the Spanish top flight standings, Real Madrid are occupying second spot, having collected 41 points from 17 games, six adrift of leaders Barcelona, who have completed 18 matches. The visitors, meanwhile, are sitting one place below Los Blancos, with 38 points to their name from 18 outings.
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Real Madrid came from behind to get the better of Atletico Madrid in the Cup fixture on Thursday. Alvaro Maorata put Atletico ahead inside the opening 19 minutes, before Rodrygo’s 79th-minute effort leveled the score and forced the match into extra-time. Extra-time strikes from Karim Benzema and Vinicius Jr. took Carlos Ancelotti’s side through to the last-8. Prior to that, Los Blancos defeated Athletic Bilbao 2-0 in a top flight match, courtesy of Benzema’s opener and Toni’s Kroos’s late strike. It was their 13th league-win of the campaign.
Real Sociedad, on the other hand, are in stunning form in the top flight, having won each of their last five league-matches. Their latest La Liga-win came against Rayo Vallecano (2-0), last Saturday, through first half strikes from Alexander Sorloth and Ander Barrenetxea. It was their 12th league-win of the season. However, the White-blue couldn’t replicate that form into the Copa del Rey, as they lost to Barcelona on Wednesday. Ousmane Dembele’s lone striker seven minutes into the second half separated the two sides at Camp Nou and eliminated Sociedad. It was the Royal’s first defeat in any competition since the 1-0 reverse to Manchester United in the Europa League at the start of November.
Real Madrid defender David Alaba is sidelined with an injury, while attacker Lucas Vazquez is also occupying the medical room. Aurelien Tchouameni, Ferland Mendy and Dani Carvajal are also still in treatment. Benzema will continue to lead the line, with Vinicius and Federico Valverde in support. As for Real Sociedad, the injury list consists of Umar Sadiq, David Silva, Jon Pacheco, Mohamed Ali-Cho, Andoni Gorosabel, Mikel Merino, Ander Guevara, Alex Sola and Martin Merquelanz. Head coach Imanol Alguacil is unlikely to make too many changes to the side that started against Barcelona on Wednesday.
Real Madrid Probable line-up: Courtois, Nacho, Militao, Rudiger, Camavinga, Kroos, Ceballos, Modric, Valverde, Benzema, Vinicius
Real Sociedad probable line-up: Remiro, Elustondo, Zubelindia, Le Normand, Rico, Mendez, Zubimendi, Marin, Kubo, Oyarzabal, Aorloth
Real Madrid
| Opponents | Score |
| Atletico Madrid | 3-1 (W) |
| Athletic Bilbao | 0-2 (W) |
| Villarreal | 2-3 (W) |
| Barcelona | 1-3 (L) |
| Valencia | 2-1 (W) |
Real Sociedad
| Opponents | Score |
| Barcelona | 1-0 (L) |
| Rayo Vallecano | 0-2 (W) |
| Mallorca | 1-0 (W) |
| Athletic Bilbao | 3-1 (W) |
| Almeria | 0-2 (W) |
| Last 5 match-results | Score |
| Real Madrid beat Real Sociedad | 4-1 |
| Real Madrid beat Real Sociedad | 0-2 |
| Real Madrid draw Real Sociedad | 1-1 |
| Real Madrid draw Real Sociedad | 0-0 |
| Real Madrid beat Real Sociedad | 1-2 |
The La Liga match between Real Madrid and Real Sociedad will take place at Santiago Bernabeu on Monday at 1:30 am IST.
| Real Madrid vs Real Sociedad | Key Details |
| Date | January 29 (Spain) |
| Venue | Santiago Bernabeu |
| Kickoff time in Spain | 9:00 pm (Sunday) |
| Kickoff time in India | 1:30 am (Monday) |
The live telecast of the Serie A matches in India is available on the Sports 18 network. Fans will also be able to watch the match on Jio TV. Besides, the match between Real Madrid and Real Sociedad can also be seen on Movistar La Liga, Movistar La Liga 2 and Movistar+ in Spain.
